Meatless Monday Assignment for 6 weeks

UBE 496 Nutrition & Environment

Spring 2015

Meatless Monday Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to practice Meatless Mondays (over the course of 6 Mondays) to experience a public health campaign and to record how the experience impacts you.

Six Mondays during the Spring semester you will be asked to practice “Meatless Mondays”. This is John Hopkins’ Bloomberg School of Public Health’s campaign to lower saturated fat intake by 15% by going meatless 1 day a week. For more information, you can visit http://www.meatlessmonday.com

Note: If you currently don’t eat meat, each week you are to try a new food that you have never eaten before, from varied groups each week (a new protein food, a new vegetable, a new fruit, a new legume, etc.). Locally grown and produced foods encouraged.

Requirements:

1) Submit a one page (12 pt font, double spaced) ‘journal’ on the Tuesday of the week that you practiced meatless Monday. You will need to submit this document via email to ubmeatlessmondays@gmail.com by 11:59pm on Tuesday.

You must include your first and last name as well as the date of the assignment.

Once you send in your submission, it will be posted online on our blog: www.ubherbivoremondays.blogspot.com

2) The second part of this 6 week meatless Monday project is to post comments on one other entry that was submitted by your classmate. By Thursday 12 noon of the week that you practice meatless Monday, you will post a minimum 250 word comment on one of your classmate’s meatless Monday submission on the blog.

Grade:
In order to get full credit for each week you must make sure you do the following:

Each week (for a total of 6 weeks) submit a one page ‘journal’ on the Tuesday of that week by 11.59pm.

By Thursday, comment on a classmate’s entry on the blog. Strictly follow posting guidelines that are on the blog.

Show that you are making an effort to participate actively in this movement. Have fun with your meals!

Here are the 6 Mondays:     

                                               

Meatless Monday	What is due on Tuesday 11.59pm	What is due on Thursday
March 2, 2015 Week 1	1 page journal via email to ubmeatlessmondays@gmail.com	Submit one minimum 250 word comment on any one entry for this week’s meatless submission on the blog.
March 9, 2015 Week 2	1 page journal via email to ubmeatlessmondays@gmail.com	Submit one minimum 250 word comment on any one entry for this week’s meatless submission on the blog.
March 23, 2015 Week 3	1 page journal via email to ubmeatlessmondays@gmail.com	Submit one minimum 250 word comment on any one entry for this week’s meatless submission on the blog.
March 30, 2015 Week 4	1 page journal via email to ubmeatlessmondays@gmail.com	Submit one minimum 250 word comment on any one entry for this week’s meatless submission on the blog.
April 6, 2015 Week 5	1 page journal via email to ubmeatlessmondays@gmail.com	Submit one minimum 250 word comment on any one entry for this week’s meatless submission on the blog.
April 13, 2015 Week 6	Submit to ubmeatlessmondays@gmail.com  a 2 page summary on your overall experience practicing meatless Mondays.	No comment posting required!

Your Journal should address these questions each week:

         What did you do?

    Which meal was most affected?

    Did going meatless on Monday impact other days of the week?

    What were your observations?

    Did you spend more or less money?

    How did going meatless on Monday affect others around you?

    What resources did you use?

    Did other thoughts or ideas surface as a result of the experience?

The final 2 page journal should include an overall reflection of the six weeks, including:

What did you learn, if anything?

What were the main challenges, what did you do to overcome them?

Did you eat any foods that were new to you?

Do you have any ideas for future classes applying this Meatless Monday public health campaign?